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 416 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 261. 1916. A°*1»°°°· Assistant superintendents of stations, clerks, clerks m charge of stations, steno phers, superintendents of carriers, and supermtendents of seeondtgxlass matter, four thousand, at not exceeding $1,000 each· M m Clerks and clerks in charge of stations, one thousand nme hundred , and sixt -seven, at not exce $800 each; _ Y S°°“'°°°°°‘ Substitutes for clerks and em oyees absent without pay; vr¤P53°f¤°}ii°° P"` And to rovide for the géiromotion of seventy-five per centum of the E‘g';§$',§“°,‘g,“,§,,°E%_u_ clerks in Hlist-class post offices from the fifth to the sixth garde, and umroa. for the promotion o fiveper centum of the clerks rn the six grade to the designation of “Special clerk " in the $1,300 grade, and for the promotion of five per centum of the designated " lpecral clerks" in the $1,300 grade to the designation of ‘Spec1al erk" m the $1,400 saaneem emm grade, and to provide for the éiromotion of seventy-five per centum of the clerks in second—class offices from the fourth to the fifth (grade, and for the promotion of five per centum of the clerks rn secon -class pmsm. offices from the fifth to the sixth grade: And promded further, That ,,*§§’§,,°'f‘°“““°’*°“°g' there ma also be employed at first-class post offices foremen_and stenograpliers at a salary of $1,300 or more per annum: Promded, Qgfhxfgkhy That section five of the Act approved August twenty-fourth, mneteen sm. _ hundred and twelve entitled “An Act making appropriations for the .¤¥,Yi‘a.€,7’ p' 5°4’ service of the Post Cffice Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other puggses/’ be, and the same is hereby, amended to include employees of _ t and _ second class post offices designated as “Special cler ." _ m·'g’,gy,*g‘m¤“» °“’·· In all, $47,900,000 and hereafter the appomtment and assignment Iumese in <=¤¤r¤¤ of clerks herenmder shall be so made d each fiscal year as not to °”$$i?’§i?”§jim involve a greater aggregate exg'endit the sum appropriatedand to enable the ostmaster eneral to carry out the provisions of the Act of March second, nineteen hundred and seven, classifying clerks and city letter ca.rriers in first and second class post offices, he may hereafter exceed the number of clerks qp ro riated for for fggjgtt particular grades: Prwodul, That the number o SBPHB in the aggre- _ gate as herein authorized be not exceeded. e,jf""‘°”· “‘*'°““'“°*’ For compensation to printers, mechanics and skilled laborers, twenty-two, at $1,200 each, four at $1 100 each; three at $1,000 _ each and twenty-eight at $900 each; in all, $59,000. g_QQ*§§,’]m°"· ‘“°‘*°"‘ For compensation to watchman, messengers, and laborers, one p thousand eight hundred, at $840 each; in all, $1,512,000. c,;;g‘§f'“° "“°"’“ For cgimpensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, _ $1,160,0 0. m;°‘“§Q§";g,b6’@§};j}§ For temporary and auxiliary clerk hire and for substitute clerk ·=¤~·rk¤· hire for clerks and employees absent with pay at first and second _ class post offices and temiporary and auxiliary clerk hire at summer ,£’gf,'{gg,,_,,y ,,,,,6 and winter resort post offices, $2,120,000: Promkied, That hereafter for wwkins ¤¤¤<¤1==y¤- when the needs 0 the Postal Service require the emplo ent on holidays of clerks in Erst and second class post offices and mer carriers in the City Delivery Service, the em loyees who are required and ordered to perform holiday work shall [be allowed com ensatory time on one of the thirgy dags followin the holiday on which they Hwiays specmed- perform such service: ravi cd, That ér the purpose of this Act olidavs shall be New Year’s Day (Janua first); Washington’s Birthday (February twenty-second); Memoriig Day (May thirtieth); Independence Dig (Julyriiourth); the first Monday in September, known as Labor av;  tmas (December twenty—£ifth) ; and such pther dgys E the Priesrdent of the United States may set apart as ast or ran giving a. S¤r>¤¤¤¤¤s mms For separating mails sl? third and fourth class post offices, $710,000. V¤¤¤¤=¤¤·>¤=¤=i¤¤$- For unusual conditions at post offices, $130,000.
 * "°°°‘ Clerks, clerks in charge of stations, and stenographers, two thousand two hundred, at not exceeding $900 each; _